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Actor Chris Langham has been found guilty of making indecent images of a child. Actor Chris Langham has been found guilty of downloading child porn.
Langham, of Golford, Kent, was convicted at Maidstone Crown Court of 15 counts of making an indecent image of a child. Langham, of Golford, Kent, said he was studying the porn sites as research for a television drama - but he was convicted at Maidstone Crown Court.
But the 58-year-old actor has been acquitted of charges of indecently assaulting an underage girl and two counts of a serious sexual offence. However, the 58-year-old actor has been acquitted of charges of indecently assaulting an underage girl and two counts of a serious sexual offence.
A jury had been directed to clear him on four indecent assault charges. A jury had been directed earlier to clear him on four indecent assault charges.
Judge Philip Statman remanded the actor in custody for sentencing on September 14.
The juror of seven men and four women deliberated for about two hours and 40 minutes before they returned their verdicts.
Langham claimed in court that had looked at the images while formulating a character for the BBC series Help.
He said he pleaded not guilty because he did not want to be called a paedophile.
While giving evidence his Help co-star, comedian Paul Whitehouse, told the court that he had no knowledge that Langham used child pornography as a research tool.